Re: [PATCH v2] drm/imagination: DRM_POWERVR should depend on ARCH_K3

From: Adam Ford
Date: Tue Feb 20 2024 - 06:26:28 EST


On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 3:21 AM Matt Coster <Matt.Coster@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Adam,
>
> On 19/02/2024 20:38, Adam Ford wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 3:00 AM Matt Coster <Matt.Coster@imgteccom> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Adam,
> >>
> >> On 18/02/2024 23:26, Adam Ford wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 8:14 AM Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernelorg> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 09:13:14AM +0000, Biju Das wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Maxime Ripard,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 9:05 AM
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: RE: [PATCH v2] drm/imagination: DRM_POWERVR should depend on
> >>>>>> ARCH_K3
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 08:47:46AM +0000, Biju Das wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi Adam Ford,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>>> From: Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 11:36 PM
> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/imagination: DRM_POWERVR should depend
> >>>>>>>> on
> >>>>>>>> ARCH_K3
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 11:22 AM Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 11:10 AM Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:54 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> >>>>>>>>>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi Maxime,
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 5:18 PM Maxime Ripard
> >>>>>>>>>>> <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 01:50:09PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Using the Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series 6 GPU
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> requires a proprietary firmware image, which is currently
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> only available for Texas Instruments K3 AM62x SoCs. Hence
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> add a dependency on ARCH_K3, to prevent asking the user
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> about this driver when configuring a kernel without Texas
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Instruments K3
> >>>>>>>> Multicore SoC support.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> This wasn't making sense the first time you sent it, and now
> >>>>>>>>>>>> that commit log is just plain wrong. We have firmwares for
> >>>>>>>>>>>> the G6110, GX6250, GX6650, BXE-4-32, and BXS-4-64 models,
> >>>>>>>>>>>> which can be found on (at least) Renesas, Mediatek,
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Rockchip, TI and StarFive, so across three
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> I am so happy to be proven wrong!
> >>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, GX6650 is found on e.g. R-Car H3, and GX6250 on e.g.
> >>>>>>>>>>> R-Car M3-
> >>>>>>>> W.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> architectures and 5 platforms. In two months.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> That sounds like great progress, thanks a lot!
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Geert,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Where can I find these firmwares? Linux-firmware[1] seems to
> >>>>>>>>>>> lack all but the original K3 AM62x one.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> I think PowerVR has a repo [1], but the last time I checked it,
> >>>>>>>>>> the BVNC for the firmware didn't match what was necessary for
> >>>>>>>>>> the GX6250 on the RZ/G2M. I can't remember what the
> >>>>>>>>>> corresponding R-Car3 model is. I haven't tried recently because
> >>>>>>>>>> I was told more documentation for firmware porting would be
> >>>>>>>>>> delayed until everything was pushed into the kernel and Mesa.
> >>>>>>>>>> Maybe there is a better repo and/or newer firmware somewhere else.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I should have doubled checked the repo contents before I sent my
> >>>>>>>>> last e-mail , but it appears the firmware [2] for the RZ/G2M,
> >>>>>>>>> might be present now. I don't know if there are driver updates
> >>>>>>>>> necessary. I checked my e-mails, but I didn't see any
> >>>>>>>>> notification, or I would have tried it earlier. Either way, thank
> >>>>>>>>> you Frank for adding it. I'll try to test when I have some time.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I don't have the proper version of Mesa setup yet, but for what it's
> >>>>>>>> worth, the firmware loads without error, and it doesn't hang.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Based on [1] and [2],
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> kmscube should work on R-Car as it works on RZ/G2L with panfrost as
> >>>>>>> earlier version of RZ/G2L which uses drm based on RCar-Du, later changed
> >>>>>> to rzg2l-du.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> IIRC, the mesa support isn't there yet for kmscube to start.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What about glmark2? I tested glmark2 as well.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's not really a matter of kmscube itself, but the interaction with the
> >>>> compositor entirely. You can run a headless vulkan rendering, but an
> >>>> application that renders to a window won't work.
> >>>
> >>> I have made a little progress. I have Ubuntu running on an RZ/G2M
> >>> (Rogue GX6250) with a device tree configuring the GPU and the GPU
> >>> loads with firmware.
> >>>
> >>> powervr fd000000.gpu: [drm] loaded firmware powervr/rogue_4.45.2.58_v1.fw
> >>> powervr fd000000.gpu: [drm] FW version v1.0 (build 6513336 OS)
> >>> [drm] Initialized powervr 1.0.0 20230904 for fd000000.gpu on minor 0
> >>>
> >>> drmdevice lists card0 and renderD128
> >>> --- Checking the number of DRM device available ---
> >>> --- Devices reported 2 ---
> >>> --- Retrieving devices information (PCI device revision is ignored) ---
> >>> device[0]
> >>> +-> available_nodes 0x05
> >>> +-> nodes
> >>> | +-> nodes[0] /dev/dri/card0
> >>> | +-> nodes[2] /dev/dri/renderD128
> >>> +-> bustype 0002
> >>> | +-> platform
> >>> | +-> fullname /soc/gpu@fd000000
> >>> +-> deviceinfo
> >>> +-> platform
> >>> +-> compatible
> >>> renesas,r8a774a1-gpu
> >>> img,img-axe
> >>>
> >>> There is more to this dump, but it seems to repeat. I wanted to show
> >>> that it seems like it's trying to work.
> >>>
> >>> I think I need to modify the powervr code in mesa to recognize the
> >>> renesas,r8a774a1-gpu and associate it with the rcar-du, but I am not
> >>> sure, and I am hoping someone might be able to provide some guidance,
> >>> since I think I am missing something somewhere. I modified
> >>> pvr_device.c in the mesa driver to attempt do this:
> >>>
> >>> /* This is the list of supported DRM render/display driver configs. */
> >>> static const struct pvr_drm_device_config pvr_drm_configs[] = {
> >>> DEF_CONFIG("mediatek,mt8173-gpu", "mediatek-drm"),
> >>> DEF_CONFIG("ti,am62-gpu", "ti,am625-dss"),
> >>> DEF_CONFIG("renesas,r8a774a1-gpu", "rcar-du"),
> >>> };
> >>>
> >>> When I run modetest -M rcar-du, I can see the encoders and connectors
> >>> and I can display test patterns, so the rcar-du is working.
> >>>
> >>> I built Mesa 24.0.1 with the following options:
> >>>
> >>> meson setup builddir -Dvulkan-drivers=imagination-experimental
> >>> -Dimagination-srv=true -Dtools=all -Dgallium-drivers=zink,kmsro,swrast
> >>>
> >>> I have tried to set PVR_I_WANT_A_BROKEN_VULKAN_DRIVER=1 the Mesa
> >>> documentation for the powerVR, and I have exported the variable for
> >>> VK_ICD_FILENAMES to point to the powervr json file.
> >>>
> >>> when I try to run glmark2-drm, I was expecting the GL reddered to be
> >>> the powervr, but it keeps using the
> >>> GL_RENDERER: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 128 bits)
> >>>
> >>> I realize this driver is still in its infancy, but I was hoping
> >>> someone could give me some guidance to let me know if the work to do
> >>> is on the Mesa side or the rcar-du driver side, or something else.
> >>>
> >>> I rebuilt both libdrm and mesa. While I don't get any errors, I also
> >>> don't get the hardware acceleration I was hoping for.
> >>>
> >>> I even tried PVR_I_WANT_A_BROKEN_VULKAN_DRIVER=1
> >>> MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=zink MESA_DEBUG=contect glmark2-drm
> >>>
> >>> ...but it only renders with llvmpipe
> >>>
> >>> glmark2 2023.01
> >>> =======================================================
> >>> OpenGL Information
> >>> GL_VENDOR: Mesa
> >>> GL_RENDERER: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 128 bits)
> >>> GL_VERSION: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.0.1
> >>> Surface Config: buf=32 r=8 g=8 b=8 a=8 depth=32 stencil=0 samples=0
> >>> Surface Size: 3840x2160 fullscreen
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I am not as familiar with the Mesa side, but if I can get this working
> >>> to a point where something is rendered, even if it's not 100%
> >>> compliant, I'd like to push patches to the kernel and/or Mesa if
> >>> necessary.
> >>>
> >>> adam
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Maxime
> >>
> >> I suggest you try running Vulkan demos (we use Sascha Willems’ [1])
> >> instead of GL at this stage. Support for Zink is currently under heavy
> >> development so you may have trouble differentiating between issues with
> >> your kernel changes and the incompleteness in Mesa.
> >
> > I hacked the look-up-tables in the Mesa PowerVR driver to match the
> > values of the other GX6250. I know there must be some minor
> > differences, but I don't know what they are right now.
>
> In case you missed my other email, we have device info for the GX6250
> variant you’re using in [2]. I’ve been informed that branch should be
> usable as-is – can you give that a try?

I did migrate to the branch you referenced and remove my hacked
lookup-table, but I get similar results.

>
> > I also had to tweak src/imagination/vulkan/pvr_device.c again to the
> > following:
> > DEF_CONFIG("renesas,r8a774a1-gpu", "renesas,du-r8a774a1"),
>
> Ah yes, not perfectly as-is then. These lines (pvr_drm_configs) declare
> the pairing of GPU to display hardware. You’ll still need this tweak.
>
> > I am not positive that is the correct thing to do, but with that, I
> > can now run vulkaninfo.
> > I know that it's not fully Vulkan compliant yet, but it appears there
> > is some progress:
> >
> > Layers: count = 2
> > =================
> > VK_LAYER_MESA_device_select (Linux device selection layer) Vulkan
> > version 1.3.211, layer version 1:
> > Layer Extensions: count = 0
> > Devices: count = 2
> > GPU id = 0 (Imagination PowerVR Rogue GX6250)
> > Layer-Device Extensions: count = 0
> >
> > GPU id = 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 128 bits))
> > Layer-Device Extensions: count = 0
> >
> > VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay (Mesa Overlay layer) Vulkan version 1.3.211,
> > layer version 1:
> > Layer Extensions: count = 0
> > Devices: count = 2
> > GPU id = 0 (Imagination PowerVR Rogue GX6250)
> > Layer-Device Extensions: count = 0
> >
> > GPU id = 1 (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 128 bits))
> > Layer-Device Extensions: count = 0
> >
> >
> > I then tried to redndr with vkgears, but it didn't redner. When I run
> > vkgears, I get the following:
> >
> > LAYER: Searching for layer manifest files
> > LAYER: In following locations:
> > LAYER: /home/aford/.config/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /etc/xdg/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /home/aford/.local/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/share/ubuntu/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/share/gnome/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/local/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: Found the following files:
> > LAYER:
> > /usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/VkLayer_MESA_device_select.json
> > LAYER: Searching for layer manifest files
> > LAYER: In following locations:
> > LAYER: /home/aford/.config/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /etc/xdg/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /etc/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /home/aford/.local/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/share/ubuntu/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/share/gnome/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/local/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /usr/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
> > LAYER: Found the following files:
> > LAYER:
> > /usr/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d/VkLayer_MESA_overlay.json
> > ERROR: loader_validate_instance_extensions: Instance
> > extension VK_KHR_wayland_surface not supported by available ICDs or
> > enabled layers.
> > Failed to create Vulkan instance.
> >
> > I have tried running in X.org mode instead of Wayland, but I get a
> > different set of errors:
>
> We haven’t been testing with window systems yet – can you try building
> the Sascha Willems demos [1] with -DUSE_D2D_WSI=ON and try running
> triangle?

I didn't realize you hadn't tried window systems yet.

I'll give that a try. I appreciate the suggestions.

adam
>
> Matt
>
> [2]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/imagination/mesa/-/tree/dev/devinfo
>
> > [ 11102.013] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
> > [ 11102.014] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> > [ 11102.014] compiled for 1.21.1.7, module version = 0.0.2
> > [ 11102.014] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
> > [ 11102.015] (II) FBDEV(0): using default device
> > [ 11102.016] (II) modeset(G0): using drv /dev/dri/card1
> > [ 11102.016] (EE)
> > Fatal server error:
> > or all framebuffer devices
> > [ 11102.016] (EE)
> > [ 11102.017] (EE)
> > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help.
> >
> > I think I am close.
> >
> > adam
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >> [1]: https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan